More To Do Than Can Ever Get Done

Are you busy? Do you feel overwhelmed? Is your to do list a continual menagerie of undone tasks you need to cross off, yet they are joined each day by more things to do? Living each day of our lives means being responsible for ourselves, our family, our work and our community. Whew! That can feel like a lot more than we have the energy to bear.

I love these words from Michaelangelo, as they encourage us to keep asking for more than we can accomplish. That feels little counter-intuitive considering that we have an endless to do list, so let’s look at it from the bright side. More to do means we keep active, our mind is engaged and our bodies stay in motion. Motion is lotion…it keeps us healthy. Things to do means we have ideas, responsibilities, people need us and we need them. More than we can ever accomplish means we are never bored, even if a boring afternoon sounds like a luxury.

Give thanks for things to do, for more things to do than you can accomplish. All this work forces us to think bigger, smarter, do things with a priority AND helps us feel needed. It means we matter, we are important, and we have the power to make the lives of other people better. Now that thought process is a better way to review those to do items and put it into perspective.

Let your to do list keep you moving, and help you manager your perspective. If you want something done, give it to a busy person. Maybe you are that busy person, which is a blessing and a great endorsement of your abilities. Keep up the good work, and always have more to do than you can ever accomplish.